Improvement in rolling beds



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Letters Patent No. 113,307, 'dated April 4, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN RQLLINGBEDS.

The Schedule referred to h1 these Letters Patent and parte! the same.

To all whom it ma/y comiern:

Be it known that we, J ULIUs KRIsoH and CHARLES THOENER, both of the city, county, and State of New York, have 'invented a new and useful Rolling Bed; and we do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, a-ndex"act description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawing forming part of this specification.l

This invention -consists in a bed having secured transversely across or within its end rollers or rigid stretchers, by which it is prevented from sagging laterally, and which have attached to them, at or near their extremities, straps by which they may be secured to ring-bolts or other contrivances fastened in the V'walls of the room, erin any other support, for the purpose of extending'the bed for use.

Such a bed is' capable of being taken'dOWn and rolled up and stowed away in a small compass during the daytime when not required for use, and when in use it occupies very little room, and by dispensing with a bedstead gets rid, to a great ext-ent, of vermin, which is so great a nuisance in bed-rooms.

' In the drawing- Figure l is a plan of the bed showing it extended;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of the same Figure 3 is a plan of the bed rolled up; and Figure 4 is an end view of it also rolled up.

' Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

A is the bed, which, as represented in figs. l and 2 of the drawing, is padded and tufted like a mattress, but which may consist simply of` a strip of canvas .or

jother material, as shown in figs. 3 and 4.

Secured within the ends of the'hed are the rollers or rigid stretchers B B of wood, or other material,

which, iu addition to preserving the shape of the bed by preventing it from sagging transversely,` extend beyond it to provide foi: the attachment thereto of straps, G O and D D, by which it is hung, said straps being provided at their outer ends with hooks, a'a, by l 4means ofwhich they are attachedto ring-bolts or staples in the wall or other support from which the bed is hungR l Y The straps D D at'the head of the bed are made in twopieces, one attached to the hookand provided with a buckle, and the other attached to the roller, so that, after thev bed is hung, it may be drawn tight andV so secured by the buckle. 1

When the bed is not required to'be used it may be taken down and rolled up on one of the rollers, the straps attached to that roller being tucked inside, and when rolled up it may be so secured by the straps attached to the other roller.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to see cure byLetters Patent; is-` Y The bed A, provided with rollers B B or rigid stretchers at its ends, and straps C O and D D attached to said rollers or stretohers, substantially as andfor the purpose herein set forth.

. J ULIUS KRISCH.

CHARLES THOENER.

Witnesses FRED. Hams, Een. Tuscia. 

